It’s finally here. After the first paper in February, the two linked papers are now in the new, next (April) issue of J Astronaut Sci. They’re all part of a special collection (a virtual “issue”), “Navigating Asteroid Impact Hazards: Astronautics… Read More »Note, Paper: Hazard Eval Triad (…and Pals)
Wow, what a day for preprints (i. e., the arXiv site): Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arxiv.org/abs/2603.06911Cordiner, M. Roth, N. X. Micheli, M. et al. Isotopic Evidence for a Cold and Distant Origin of the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS arxiv.org/abs/2603.07026Salazar… Read More »ATLAS Gas And Atom-Mass Variant Preprints
Nice issue (mid-month this time) of Icarus for 15 March (vol. 447): Colazo, M. Oszkiewicz, D. Poźniak, P. et al. Detectability of asteroid phase coloring based on phase curves obtained from large spectro-photometric surveys Art 116891 .2025.116891Galiullin, M. I. Glamazda,… Read More »Note, Paper: Pertinent Uncertainties
Now up from Geochem J (vol. 60 #2): Matsumoto, Y. Tachibana, S. Dehydration of MgHPO4·3H2O (newberyite) under low pressure conditions and its implications for the surface thermal history of Ruygu and Bennu p7 .GJ26002 Time for some more experimental (laboratory)… Read More »Note, Paper: Phosphate Dehydrate Play
That DART program just keeps on delivering. Via the Spacepod podcast: www.listentospacepod.com/episodes/2026/3/3/232-how-many-potholes-are-on-an-asteroid DART science team member Dr. N. Chabot speaks about the mission results. Have a listen.
Just out in this week’s Science Advances (6 Mar 2026, vol. 12 #10): Makadia, R. Chesley, S. R. Herald, D. et al. Direct detection of an asteroid’s heliocentric deflection: The Didymos system after DART .aea4259 Yes, that DART mission struck… Read More »Note, Paper: DART Imparted Larger Charge
Previously, we determined that near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 would not threaten the Earth in the 2030s (or on any other near-term apparition). But the possibility of an impact on our Large Achondrite satellite had not been ruled out yet. Should YR4… Read More »2024 YR4 No Risk (…At All)
I spoke too soon on Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy (Celest. Mech. Dyn. Astron. for “short”) for Feb (vol.138 #1). They’re still going: Liu, X. Armellin, R, Pirovano, L. et al. Analyzing collision probability for asteroids detected on too short… Read More »Note, Paper: Note Impactor!!!
Almost missed this one… PNAS (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.) covers mostly biochem and molecular bio, like many science publications. Those are fields with a lot going on now, so astro is rare. Rare, but not zero- in the Feb. issue… Read More »Note, Paper: Dual Amino Routes Seen
Time for the third International Online Conference on Universe (4-6 March, online of course): https://sciforum.net/event/IOCU2026 The word “Universe” means most of the meeting is not about asteroids, or even comets. Mostly it covers cosmology and physics, as expressed in i.… Read More »3rd International Online Conference on Universe (’26)